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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2021
Applicant:
Empig As, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMPIG AS, Trondheim, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28G 15/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01); F28G 9/00 (2006.01); F28G 13/00 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28G 15/003 (2013.01); B08B 7/0071 (2013.01); B08B 9/027 (2013.01); F28G 9/00 (2013.01); F28G 13/005 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0059 (2013.01); F28F 2200/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of cooling a flowing fluid in a hydrocarbon flow system using a heat exchange cooler apparatus having at least one cooler conduit; and a sensor system. The method comprises flowing the fluid through the cooler conduit from a cooler inlet to a cooler outlet to cool the fluid and operating a cleaning system to deliver energy (e.g. heat) to the cooler conduit to cause solid materials deposited on the interior of the cooler to be released into the flowing fluid. A cooler sensor data set obtained from the sensor system is compared with a reference data set to verify the performance of the cleaning system.